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Hey guys! This week's story is a short one, but I'm proud of it. A few notes to avoid confusion, though. Daya, Bahaadur, and Tez are Hindi. They mean Mercy, Brave, and Swift respectively. If this is in anyway wrong (as I don't speak Hindi) please let me know and I'll make sure to change it. That's pretty much it so I hope you enjoy! Please be sure to share and comment. Stay Nerdy!-- Little Snake

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​It’s always been like this. I’m not sure when or where I started, but I know that I have to keep going.

A destination, that even I don’t know, is pulling me forward. I walk soundlessly. Others around me aren’t that skilled, though.

In the tall grass, I stalk my prey. A flash of brown to the side of me and I spring forward. I grab onto my next meal, a deer, and it tries to get out of my hold. It doesn’t, but that’s okay.

I’ve been doing this longer than it’s been alive. My black and orange stripes have seen more of the world than any creature ever will. Unless, there is another like me; I have yet to find them.

I’ve long since resigned myself to this fact. I no longer dwell on it aimlessly, like I used too. Instead, I live among my mortal kin, those tigers who roam the lands of many different countries.

They provide good company if you forget the fact about them being mortal. I don’t, but I sure do try. We are solitary creatures, however.

Once, I lived closed by a mother and her three cubs. She never suspected that I was there. The cubs, on the other hand, were a curious bunch. They would visit me often and I found it fit to give them names. The two girls, I named Tez and Daya. Their younger brother was given the name Bahaadur.

Unfortunately, their mother died protecting them from a rival tiger. I wanted to help. I wanted to do something. I was - am - a protector of my kin. But it was her time to go, no matter how much I wanted to fight against fate. A force, older and more powerful than I am, predetermined events like this eons ago. My job, my life, is to protect the tigers of my homeland. Until the day comes when it is their time to pass on to the next life.

After, I did the only thing I could do. The cubs were only four months old at the time. So I took them under my protection. Raised them as my own and when the time came for them to leave me, I helped them as best I could. For a time, I thought Daya would become like me. She lived much longer than her siblings. Though, it wasn’t meant to be.

I moved on, but I never forgot them. I’ve had many adventures - many experiences. Some good, some bad, and some that just were. Maybe someday I’ll reach my destination. Maybe someday, I’ll know where it is that I am meant to go or what I am meant to gain from my immortal life. Until then, however, I’ll keep on living.

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